Directors
Deva Fowler
Deva, who hails from San Diego, California, re-established the Tulane University record books during her illustrious career and not only led the Green Wave to one of its best four-year runs, but cemented her name at the top of the list of Tulane greats. She became the first player in Tulane volleyball history to earn All-America honors from the AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association), claiming honorable-mention recognition as a junior in 2003, and was also named to the AVCA All-Midwest Region team that same year. Fowler was inducted into the Tulane Hall of Fame twice - Class of 2012 for her individual accomplishments and Class of 2015 as a part of the Hurricane Katrina class.
A four-year starter at middle blocker from 2001-04, Fowler played in 126 matches and 449 sets and tallied 1,438 kills, a .261 attack percentage, 84 assists, 95 service aces, 424 digs, 114 solo blocks, 450 block assists and 564 total blocks during her career. Her four year career at Tulane marked the first time the Wave had posted four consecutive winning seasons since 1988. Fowler was twice named to All-Conference USA team, earning first-team honors as a junior in 2003 and second-team honors as a senior in 2004. She concluded her career ranking among Tulane's top-10 in nine career categories.
Deva has coached many camps, clinics, and teams throughout the years. While she’s spent most of her time in the recent years as a mom and working professional, she’s never ventured too far away from the sport of volleyball. This will be her second year working with the Fort Lewis Women’s Volleyball program as a volunteer assistant.
Deva has a Bachelor’s degree in Business with a double major in Finance and Management and a Master’s of Accountancy, both from Tulane University. She also has a Master’s of Business Administration from University of Southern California. She is a CPA and works in the Four Corners area as an Accountant.
Club Director / Coach
Giedre Tarnauskaite
Co-Director / Player Development Expert
Giedre Tarnauskaite contributes a wealth of knowledge having coached in various roles with increasing responsibility these last 18 years.
Currently, she is in her fourth season in charge of the Fort Lewis College Women’s volleyball program. Under her leadership these last few years, several of her players have earned All-RMAC honors.
Prior to coming to FLC, Giedre coached one season at Seattle University as an Assistant Coach/Co-Recruiting Coordinator and three seasons as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at the University of Montana.
A native of Kaunas, Lithuania, Tarnauskaite moved to the United States to play at Jefferson College, a two-year institution competing at the NJCAA level based in Missouri.
She transferred to the NCAA Division I level to play for Arkansas State as a junior, where she'd go on to help ASU to 46 wins in her two years. She earned second-team All-Sun Belt honors in 2003 and Sun Belt Player of the Year accolades as a senior in 2004 after leading ASU to a share of the Sun Belt's East Division championship. Tarnauskaite was also named AVCA honorable mention all-region and academic all-district as a senior. Giedre went on to earn her degree in International Business from ASU.
In addition to her college coaching experiences, Giedre also worked for the Athena Volleyball Academy in Portland. In July 2018, she served as an assistant coach at USA Volleyball's High Performance Championships in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2019, she served as an assistant coach for the USA Youth Continental High Performance team, an invite-only coaching position, and worked alongside some of the top college coaches in the country.
In her native country, Tarnauskaite won multiple Lithuanian national championships with her junior club team and played for two years on the country's junior national team. She was chosen at the age of 16 to play for Kaunas's women's club team, giving her the opportunity to play at tournaments throughout Europe. And in 2000, she and teammate Raimonda Strielkauskaite finished seventh at the European Junior Beach Volleyball Championships in Germany.